April 22 - May 10, 2024

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment Period

Note: New information is being updated on Idaho’s Office of Group Insurance’s website daily. Boise State will update this webpage accordingly. The Benefits team advises benefit-eligible employees to visit this webpage throughout Open Enrollment for updates.

The FY25 Open Enrollment period is April 22 – May 10, 2024.

The FY25 Annual Open Enrollment Event is May 9, 2024 from 3 – 5 p.m. in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom. Employees receive one hour of release time to attend this event.

This is the only opportunity, until the next open enrollment cycle, to enroll in a flexible spending account or to make changes to a medical plan without a qualifying event. Employees that have a qualifying event will have 30 days from the event to enroll or cancel coverage.

In FY25, our healthcare plan is changing from Blue Cross of Idaho to Regence Blue Shield. Dental will remain with Blue Cross of Idaho.
New Regence medical cards and Blue Cross dental cards will be mailed in early June. Please check your mailing address in Bronco Hub.
An open enrollment email was sent sent to all benefit-eligible employees on April 22.
A Traditional plan increase email was sent to all Traditional plan participants on April 25.

Verify Providers

To verify if your current provider(s) are in-network or to check current medication coverage/co-pay, please contact Regence Blue Shield at 1-800-854-5585. Regence Blue Shield customer representatives normally request an employee identification number. Boise State employees are new to the network and will not have an employee identification number yet. Provide Group #10060598. New identification numbers will be sent to employees in June 2024.

The Office of Group Insurance provides an “Important Regence Benefit Information” pdf (green button).

Accessibility Notice

Note: Some forms and links from the Office of Group Insurance’s website may not be accessible to all employees. Please contact a member of the Boise State benefits team for assistance in reviewing Open Enrollment information or forms at benefits@boisestate.edu.

Request for Interpreter

If English is not your first language and you require an interpreter to review benefits during Open Enrollment, please send a request noting your primary language to benefits@boisestate.edu. Requests must be submitted by Friday, May 3.

FY25 Open Enrollment To Do’s

Review the FY25 Summaries of Benefits & Coverage (SBC) available at the Office of Group Insurance’s medical website.
Review the FY25 Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Toolkit to learn about how the FSA works. Coming soon to the Office of Group Insurance’s website.
Set up your Blue Cross of Idaho member portal (Dental Coverage) login at members.bcidaho.com.
Set up your Regence member portal (Medical Coverage) login at regence.com. Note: You will need your Regence ID # to set up an account in June.
Set up your Navia member portal login at idaho.naviabenefits.com if you are participating in Flexible Spending Accounts.
Determine if you want to participate in the ARAG Group Legal Plan for will preparation, powers of attorney, juvenile court proceedings, personal property issues, real estate issues, IRS audit protection, identity theft protection, and more. Those already enrolled will automatically be re-enrolled during Open Enrollment. Open Enrollment is the only time to enroll or drop coverage for this benefit. Enrollment is done online through their website, ARAGLegalCenter.com, using access code 15481bsu.
Visit the Be Healthy web page to find ways to manage a current health condition, stop smoking, and see what extra perks are available to you.

Open Enrollment Forms

Below are primary forms utilized during Open Enrollment, depending on an employee’s benefit decisions.

To determine the right medical plan for you, review the FY25 Healthcare Plan Comparisons with Scenarios worksheet.
To review the dental plan, review the BCI Dental Summary.
To review the vision plan, review the Regence VSP Vision Summary.

Medical

FY25 Regence Medical Form: Use this Medical form when making significant changes, such as changing coverage types for family members, or enrolling in a different plan entirely. This form is also used when making changes to covered dependents or enrolling a new dependent.*

Dental

FY25 BCI Dental Form: Use this Dental form when making significant changes, such as changing coverage types for family members, or enrolling in a different plan entirely. This form is also used when making changes to covered dependents or enrolling a new dependent.

Flexible Spending Accounts

FY25 Navia Flexible Spending Account (FSA): Use this FSA form when enrolling or wanting to re-enroll for a Health Care Flexible Spending or Dependent Care Flexible Spending account. To maintain an FSA, employees must enroll each Plan Year. They do not roll over.

Health Savings Accounts

FY25 Health Savings Account (HSA): Use this HSA form when enrolling in the High Deductible Health Plan, choosing the plan with the Health Savings Account, and wanting to make contributions.*

FY25 Plan Information Highlights from the Office of Group Insurance (OGI):

The OGI Open Enrollment website provides employees with a helpful guide with highlights of the FY25 new plan year.*
The OGI FY2025 Premiums website provides employees with an overview of premium changes. A helpful document to review is the FY25 Bi-Weekly Medical & Dental Premiums, found in the upper left hand corner of the website.*

Benefit Learning Sessions

The Learning sessions will inform employees of benefit and premium updates for the FY25 Open Enrollment cycle.

Register for a Virtual Session:
Mon, April 22 from Noon – 1 p.m.
Tue, April 30 from Noon – 1 p.m.
Tue, May 7 from Noon – 1 p.m.

Prerecorded Virtual Session:
Watch recording

Evening In-Person Learning Session: May 9: 8:30 – 9 p.m. (in-person; Material Research Science Building, 2nd Floor, Room 205 Lecture Hall).

Form Collection Stations

The benefits team will host multiple form collection stations around campus in 2024.

April 24: Noon – 2 p.m. in Athletics
April 25: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in the Student Union
May 1: 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in the Interactive Learning Center (east entry)
May 8: Noon – 2 p.m. in Athletics
May 9: 8:30 – 9 p.m. in the Micron Materials Research Science building, 2nd floor, Room 205 Lecture Hall (for evening employees). This is also a learning session.
May 10: 1 – 5 p.m. in Albertsons Library

The benefits team is also available to answer questions at benefits@boisestate.edu.

In-person and virtual event!

Open Enrollment Event

The FY25 Open Enrollment will have an in-person event on May 9, 2024 in the Student Union Jordan Ballroom from 3 to 5 p.m.

A list of participating vendors will be added prior to the Open Enrollment event.

Virtual option: A benefit specialist will have an open Zoom meeting to answer questions about Open Enrollment. No registration needed. Zoom link.

Employees who attend will be entered into a door prize drawing. The university has approved an hour of release time for all employees to attend the Open Enrollment event.

Remote employees can use their hour of release time by joining the virtual event or reaching out to vendors directly or contacting a member of the Benefits Team at benefits@boisestate.edu.

The Annual Benefits Fair, which is normally held in the spring, is scheduled for Fall 2024.

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FY 2025 Open Enrollment has ended.

April 22 - May 10, 2025

All forms must be received by the HR Benefits Team by the last day of Open Enrollment. Please consider this date if you intend to mail forms. All forms for FY2025 must be received by Friday, May 10. Drop offs can be accepted until 5 p.m.

Things to know:

There are now separate medical (Regence) and dental (Blue Cross) paper applications. All applications must be thoroughly completed for each benefit. Forms not yet available.
No Choice Cards this year. Choice Cards will not be available in FY 2025.
Regence BlueShield does not allow shared accumulators. If related employees had previously set up two separate Blue Cross of Idaho accounts and then asked for the accumulators (deductibles, out of pocket maximums, etc.) to be connected on the back end, then they will need to evaluate if this is still the best option or if a family plan will better suit their needs. For more information, contact Regence at 1-800-854-5585 and use reference group number 10060598.

Tips to prevent returns or revisions to forms:

Following the below instructions will assist employees to submit forms with ease and without errors. All hard copy forms due by Friday, May 10. All hard copies can be accepted at Human Resources up to 5 p.m.

Check to ensure you are filling out forms for FY25 (or only use forms linked from this page). If you utilize the incorrect form you will be required to correct the form and resubmit.
Fill in your complete address with Address Number, Street, City, State and Zip Code.
Write “Boise State University” in the agency section.
The benefit effective date is 7/1/2024.
Make sure you are filling out forms for FY25 (or only use forms linked from this page)
Don’t forget to sign the form. We can accept electronic signatures. The digital signature should include your full name and date/time stamp to verify the actual date the employee signed the form.
Send paperwork via email to benefits@boisestate.edu.
If handwriting your forms, please write legibly and use black ink to ensure proper processing.

Submitting Forms

There are several ways to submit your Open Enrollment forms but choose one method only.

Method #1: In-person drop-off at the Human Resources office, located in Capitol Village (southeast corner of Capitol and University).Email the form with an electronic signature.

Method #2: Campus form collection sites (noted above).

Method #3: Mail to Human Resources Benefits Mail Stop 1265

If, due to unforeseen circumstances you are unavailable to use any of the methods described above, or if you are currently out of the area, email submissions will be accepted. However, DO NOT include your social security number on the forms if submitting via email. A member of the benefits team will reach out to collect that information via phone. Please include a good phone number so that you are easily reached. Emailed forms should be sent to benefits@boisestate.edu.

All forms must be received by the HR Benefits Team by the last day of Open Enrollment. Please consider this date if you intend to mail forms. All forms for FY2025 must be received by Friday, May 10. Drop offs can be accepted until 5 p.m.
No late forms will be accepted.

FAQs

Here is a list of common FY25 FAQs about Open Enrollment

The Human Resources benefits team is here to serve campus employees and help navigate Open Enrollment. If you can’t find an answer in the FAQs, please contact our team at benefits@boisestate.edu.